Today is Remembrance Day. Please remember...

These men and woman are not just numbers or parts of battles, they are people; they have laughed, danced, walked, and cried just like you. They have likes and dislikes they have made mistakes. People are proud of them. The next time you open the newspaper to another casualty of war, and read about the family they’ve left behind remember that they have left behind widows, widowers, fiancées, boyfriends, girlfriends, mothers, fathers, children, brothers, sisters, and best friends. It is these people that will have to live without that good night kiss, the special storybook character voice, that person to laugh at all those inside jokes, a shoulder to cry on and a lifetime of love. It is all of the little things that they will remember like what shoulder their freckles were on, the tune they’d always whistle, the feel of their hair and their laugh. So the next time you see a picture of a soldier remember they were a warm living breathing person just like you, maybe they were good at cooking, maybe they could tell a joke at just the right time, maybe they’ve saved someone’s life. These people had favourite colours, they “loved and were loved”, they held memories close to their hearts, and they loved what they did.

Please remember they were/are everything to someone.